DURHAM, N.C. - Duke redshirt senior quarterback Sean Renfree has
been named the recipient of the 2012 Jim Tatum Award, ACC Commissioner John
Swofford announced on Thursday.

The Tatum Award is given
annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete
among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year,
coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly
in the concept of the student-athlete.

The award will be presented
at the ACC's Night of Legends event which will be held Friday at the Charlotte
Convention Center as part of the festivities held around the Dr Pepper ACC
Football Championship Game.

A three-year
starter and two-year team captain, Renfree has led Duke to a 6-6 record this
season and bowl eligibility for the first time since 1994. The Scottsdale,
Ariz., native also has received recognition for his off-field accomplishments
this season by being named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete and
the recipient of the Pop Warner National College Football Award. In
addition, he was named to the AFCA's Good Works Team and is a finalist for
the Senior CLASS Award.

Renfree graduated from Duke
in December of 2011 with a degree in public policy with a 3.4 grade point
average and is now working on a graduate degree in humanities with a 3.8 GPA.
He was named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2010 and 2011.

"What Sean Renfree has
accomplished in his time at Duke University - athletically, academically and in
our community - is simply incredible," said Duke head coach David
Cutcliffe. "He comes from an outstanding family that taught him the
strongest of core values, and, as I've said before, there are not enough Sean
Renfrees in our world today. As a two-year team captain, his commitment
to excellence has elevated our team and our program, and we could not be more
proud of him in receiving the prestigious Jim Tatum Award."

One of the most
accurate passers in the history of the ACC, Renfree ranks third in the league a
with a .663 completion percentage (260 of 392) this season. That mark is
on pace to set a school record, potentially breaking his own standard of .650
set in 2011. He holds or shares 14 school records and is tops on Duke's
career completion percentage list as well, posting a mark of .643. He also
ranks among Duke's all-time top five in pass completions (2nd; 861), passing
touchdowns (5th; 50), passing efficiency (2nd; 127.89), passing yards (4th;
9,107) and 300-yard passing games (tied for 2nd; 10).

On the ACC's
all-time charts, Renfree ranks fourth in pass completions, sixth in pass
completion percentage, tied for seventh in 300-yard passing games and 9th in
passing yardage.